Differential competitive ability between sexes in the dioecious Antennaria dioica (Asteraceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1461-1470

  Varga, Sandra ^a   Kytöviita, Minna Maarit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antennaria dioica; competition; dioecy; niche segregation; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ASYMMETRY; DICOTYLEDON; DIOECY; FITNESS; FLOWERING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MYCORRHIZA; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; ROOT COLONIZATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASTERACEAE; BIOMASS; FLOWER; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ASTERACEAE; BIOMASS; FLOWERS; FUNGI; GENOTYPE; MYCORRHIZAE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTENNARIA DIOICA; ARBUSCULAR; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 84869151321     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs170     Document Type: Article

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